The Washington Wild Things couldn't secure their second home sweep of the season as they fell to the Florence Freedom 8-5 on Sunday afternoon at CONSOL Energy Park. Washington starter Luke Wilkins (5-3), who threw on three days rest due to Wednesday's doubleheader, allowed five runs in the second inning to put the home team in an early hole. The right-hander allowed a leadoff home run in the third before settling down to retire eight of the next nine batters he faced. Wilkins then went ... Read More

Maxx Garrett stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the twelfth inning with the Wild Things trailing 2-1 riding an 0-for-27 streak. He proceeded to hit a two-out, two-run home run to give the Washington Wild Things an improbable 3-2 victory over the Florence Freedom on Saturday evening at CONSOL Energy Park. The Garrett home run capped off an intense night of baseball that saw the Wild Things (29-36) being one-hit through six innings while trailing 1-0. They would tie things in the ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things had held Florence to only three hits over eight and a half innings, yet found themselves trailing 3-2 until a walk and three-straight singles with two out in the bottom of the ninth propelled them over the Freedom 4-3 on Friday night at CONSOL Energy Park. Wild Things starter Ernesto Zaragoza, who has experienced a roller coaster of a season, threw five no-hit innings and seemed to be cruising until getting into trouble in the sixth with a 2-0 lead. Zaragoza ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things used a big first inning and solid pitching from Tim Flight to defeat River City 7-2 and take the three-game series on Thursday evening at CONSOL Energy Park. Washington (27-36) immediately got to River City starter Joe Scanio (7-4) for five runs on five hits in the first inning. Scott Kalamar started the scoring with a RBI single and David Popkins followed with a RBI double to the deepest part of the park. Austin Wobrock then busted the game open after a Andrew ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things needed both games of Wednesday's doubleheader at CONSOL Energy Park against River City, but was only able to take one as they were unable to gain ground on the final Wild Card spot. Game One The Wild Things (26-35) pulled to within seven games of River City — who holds the final Frontier League Wild Card spot — after a walk-off fielders choice gave them the 2-1 victory. With the game tied going to the bottom of the seventh, Washington used some bad luck from ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things have come around as of late, making a strong run to the All-Star break, but is it too little, too late after a rough start to the 2015 season? Washington sent two players, Austin Wobrock and Tim Helisek, to the Frontier League All-Star game, but Helisek was unable to participate due to injury. Wobrock is a prime example of the Wild Things roller coaster first half as he started the season on an 0-for-18 slump, but recovered to represent the team as the only position ... Read More

There still may be a week left in July, but the Washington Wild Things earned a much-needed 6-3 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers on Thursday evening to avoid a three-game sweep and keep themselves in wild card contention. Washington (25-32) jumped out to an early 4-1 lead through two innings thanks to a three-run home run by David Popkins in the first and a solo home run in the second by Lee Orr. They then added two more in the fourth against Crushers starter Brad Zambron (2-4) when two ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things found themselves in a familiar hole on Wednesday night as starter Richie Mirowski allowed six runs over his only three innings in a 9-5 loss at CONSOL Energy Park. Mirowski (0-3) made his second start of the year since moving from the bullpen and couldn't get into a rhythm as he allowed three runs to score in the first with two out before getting a strikeout to end the inning. Mirowski then cruised through the second striking out three while hitting a batter, but ... Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle usually follows a loss with the quote "We'll shower this one off and get back at it tomorrow." Well, the Washington Wild Things need Niagara Falls to wash off Tuesday night's 17-3 debacle to the Lake Erie Crushers at CONSOL Energy Park. Washington starter Ernesto Zaragoza (5-4) couldn't get out of the first inning for the second time in six starts as he could not get any movement on his fastball allowing Lake Erie (22-30) to score seven runs on six ... Read More